Majid Fakhry (1923 – March 4, 2021) was a prominent Lebanese scholar of

Islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—falsafa (literally: "philosophy"), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, ...

and Professor Emeritus of philosophy at the American University of Beirut.

Biography

Majid Fakhry was born in 1923 in Lebanon. After earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from the American University of Beirut, Fakhry received his Ph.D. in philosophy from

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in 1949. He taught at the

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, and

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, where he spent his final years as professor emeritus, in addition to teaching and leading the Philosophy Department at the American University of Beirut. Fakhry's courses at AUB provided many students with their first introduction to the history of philosophy between the 1950s and the 1980s. Fakhry died in Virginia, United States on March 4, 2021. Fakhry published ''A History of Islamic Philosophy'' in 1970, it is considered the first historical overview on Islamic thought and was well received.

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published a revised 3rd edition of Fakhry's ''A History of Islamic Philosophy'' in 2004.

Works

* ''A History of Islamic Philosophy (1970)'' * ''Ethical Theories in Islam (1991)'' * ''Philosophy, Dogma, and the Impact of Greek Thought in Islam (1994) * ''An Interpretation of the Qur'an: English Translation of the Meanings (2015)'' * ''Al-Farabi Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism : His Life, Works and Influence (2002)'' * ''Islamic Philosophy : A Beginner's Guide'' * ''Averroes: His Life, Work and Influence''

References

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